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today, new york city mayor michael bloomberg announced a new long-term initiative to protect the city from future natural disasters. he called for rebuilding vulnerable coastal areas, but dismissed again the idea of constructing a large sea-gate across the harbor. >> we're not going to abandon the waterfront. we're not going to abandon the rockaways or coney island or staten island's south shore. but we can't just rebuild what was there and hope for the best. we have to build smarter and stronger and more sustainably. >> woodruff: 350 miles south. the city of norfolk, virginia, is another coastal city vulnerable to sea level rise and extreme storms. but its mayor has said parts of his city might not be livable in the future. our producer, mike melia, traveled to norfolk recently to look at how it has been struggling with flooding and preparing for the next big storm. he worked with member station whro to bring us this report. it's part of our series-- working with public media partners across the country-- that we call "battleground dispatches." >> reporter: when residents of this por
today, new york city mayor michael bloomberg announced a new long-term initiative to protect the city from future natural disasters. he called for rebuilding vulnerable coastal areas, but dismissed again the idea of constructing a large sea-gate across the harbor. >> we're not going to abandon the waterfront. we're not going to abandon the rockaways or coney island or staten island's south shore. but we can't just rebuild what was there and hope for the best. we have to build smarter and...
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structurally in atlantic city there is a large piece of the board walk that broke away. and it's aolutely demolished. it's not the board walk that mosol people know where the casinos are but rather it's further down. it was somewhat dilapidated. there were plans to replace it anyway. >> suarez: what about the people who evacuated? are these communities in a condition where they can come home yet? >> not yet. comeare not allowed to into atlantic city. there's a travel ban into the city. there's still a lot of power line down. there's a lot of debris ili the roads, you know, from those awnings tha fell down. trfic lights fell down. there's a lot of clfin-up to be done. the same goes here in ocean city. there's less debris i've seen but because there's so much water people are not comginack in right b now. >> suarez: kate zezima of the associated press thanks for joining us. >> thank you. woodruff: and our apologies. we did have not photos for mr mr. seaton andks ms. zezima and now the problem for air travelers. >> warner: at least 17,000 flights have been canceled since sa
structurally in atlantic city there is a large piece of the board walk that broke away. and it's aolutely demolished. it's not the board walk that mosol people know where the casinos are but rather it's further down. it was somewhat dilapidated. there were plans to replace it anyway. >> suarez: what about the people who evacuated? are these communities in a condition where they can come home yet? >> not yet. comeare not allowed to into atlantic city. there's a travel ban into the...
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those are the population centrs of the state as well certainly here in hampton roads it's in the city of norfolke it's been a diverse popupu.oni almoston evenly split between caucasians and african-americans so that urban crescent i think was a large part of the obama strategy in 2008. it remains so this time around as well. >> sreenivasan: also taking a look at a couple of other maps we've got. we've got a population density echoing exactly what you were saying. we have one about income distribution. you see the same crescent sewems to factor in again upround louden county. the average income is $115,000. very close to washington d.c. in the southwest in dickinson county $29,000. >> it's a tremendousp disparity. so much of those jobs in that urban crescent are defense-related. that's been a particular issue in this campaign. as this state looks to what may happen after the election with regard to see questions traition of those automaticnd indiscriminate cuts that will take place in january 2 if the spending plan is not developed. here's a lot of attention, a lot of focus on what may
those are the population centrs of the state as well certainly here in hampton roads it's in the city of norfolke it's been a diverse popupu.oni almoston evenly split between caucasians and african-americans so that urban crescent i think was a large part of the obama strategy in 2008. it remains so this time around as well. >> sreenivasan: also taking a look at a couple of other maps we've got. we've got a population density echoing exactly what you were saying. we have one about income...
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so we're expecting roads being backed up, communities really being under large amounts of water, power outages that could last for days if not well more than a week. all of this means that we have to now fight the storm as it is but the after math will be a very difficult time of clean-up as well. >> suarez: what's the best advice you're getting about when the worst of the storm is going to hit newark? >> well, we know in about an hour or two, that's when the significant time, 6-hour period, which we are going to be at our peak of this state of emergency, by 8:00 tonight, that's when high tide will come and the storm surges will really bring on the water and, unfortunately, we think we're going to have frm then more than 24-ur peodf challenge rn, wind, waters. as this storm sits on us and slowly moves over. so this is just not a time to not use common sense. if there's a moment to embrace prudence, common sense and proactive thinking in these remaining hours if not minutes, we need everyone to be focused first and foremost on safety and security. and get yourself into a location where
so we're expecting roads being backed up, communities really being under large amounts of water, power outages that could last for days if not well more than a week. all of this means that we have to now fight the storm as it is but the after math will be a very difficult time of clean-up as well. >> suarez: what's the best advice you're getting about when the worst of the storm is going to hit newark? >> well, we know in about an hour or two, that's when the significant time,...
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they don't belong in the streets of our cities. or our towns >> ifill: finally, senator feinstein, we have been here before. the president, as he said last night, has spoken at four different memorial services for shooting victims since he's been president. each time there's been discussion that this is the moment especially after a congresswoman was shot, this is the moment when everything will change. why is this the moment? >> well, this is the moment because i think people have had it. they have had it in fear. you know, look at aurora. that man came in with 100-round clip, excuse me, drum. if that drum hadn't jammed he would have killed many more people. look at virginia tech. look at jones town. look at jonesboro, rather. looks at columbine. look at what's been happening. it's got to stop. our schools have to be safe places. these guns are the guns that the grievance killer, the gangs that people who want to do real damage look for and find very easy to obtain in our society. we need to change that. that's what i'm trying to
they don't belong in the streets of our cities. or our towns >> ifill: finally, senator feinstein, we have been here before. the president, as he said last night, has spoken at four different memorial services for shooting victims since he's been president. each time there's been discussion that this is the moment especially after a congresswoman was shot, this is the moment when everything will change. why is this the moment? >> well, this is the moment because i think people have...
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and it doesn't belong in the streets of our cities. it doesn't belong where it can be picked up easily by a grievance killer who can walk into a workplace, a mall, a theate and now an elementary school and kill large numbers. >> ifill: explain to our viewers what you are planning to introduce have changed what happened in newtown connecticut >> well, over time that weapon would be much less available. what we're trying to do is ban the sale, the manufacture, the transfer, the importation of assault weapons. it gets quite technical. i won't go into that right now. granather weapons that people already have. subject those weapons either to licensing or to a trigger lock. and spell out those grandfathered weapons which would be over 900 in the bill so nobody can say, oh, we took our... their hunting weapon away. then i'd be able to say here's your hunting weapon. it's specifically exempted in the bill. >> ifill: we're talking about prospective law, not one... >> that's right, that's right. it would ban approximately 100 weapons by actual
and it doesn't belong in the streets of our cities. it doesn't belong where it can be picked up easily by a grievance killer who can walk into a workplace, a mall, a theate and now an elementary school and kill large numbers. >> ifill: explain to our viewers what you are planning to introduce have changed what happened in newtown connecticut >> well, over time that weapon would be much less available. what we're trying to do is ban the sale, the manufacture, the transfer, the...
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the trading between turkey and syria was large. and syria was important to turkey for exports. but those things are left in the past now. >> reporter: a medical doctor by training, he says syrians now come here for different reasons. >> of course, a lot of injured people come to gaziantep. >> reporter: and where are they treated? >> ( translated ): we treat them in our hospitals in gaziantep and throughout turkey, and the expenses are paid by the turkish government. >> reporter: turks are also footing the bill for an ever- growing number of camps in its borderlands, which now shelter more than 100,000 syrian refugees fleeing from the violence. this former tobacco factory in yaylada was the first. most of its 2,400 residents are settling in for their second winter in tents equipped with electricity and satellite tv. for some, bricks and mortar are replacing canvas and tarps. cemal argol is a turkish-arabic translator at the camp. >> ( translated ): neither we nor them know when they will go back and even if they go back most of them have nothing. >> reporter: but 18-month camp r
the trading between turkey and syria was large. and syria was important to turkey for exports. but those things are left in the past now. >> reporter: a medical doctor by training, he says syrians now come here for different reasons. >> of course, a lot of injured people come to gaziantep. >> reporter: and where are they treated? >> ( translated ): we treat them in our hospitals in gaziantep and throughout turkey, and the expenses are paid by the turkish government....
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and when a large group of people gathers, a bomb lands or a shell lands. it's very hard to imagine that that's random. >> warner: one instance-- on august 21, a government helicopter opened fire on a breadline in an aleppo suburb, killing 21. >> they attack bakeries where they know people are going to be and get at the food supply of the population. they burn houses, dwellings for civilians. >> warner: jeffrey white, a defense fellow at the washington institute for near east policy, says the syrian government is waging a deliberate "scorched earth" strategy. >> it's trying to get at f.s.a. units that are embedded inside the population. where people are, the f.s.a. tends to be. so it is trying to strike at the f.s.a., cause some attrition on them. but it's also trying to punish the people, the civilians, for supporting the f.s.a. the relationship between the f.s.a. units and the people is critical to the success of the rebelion >> warner: why don't the regime forces just go into these areas and take them and hold them? >> it basically can't do that any long
and when a large group of people gathers, a bomb lands or a shell lands. it's very hard to imagine that that's random. >> warner: one instance-- on august 21, a government helicopter opened fire on a breadline in an aleppo suburb, killing 21. >> they attack bakeries where they know people are going to be and get at the food supply of the population. they burn houses, dwellings for civilians. >> warner: jeffrey white, a defense fellow at the washington institute for near east...
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and it really comes down in large part to skill differences in the capacity of individuals to keep pace with this innovation. >> brown: and i assume, enrico moretti, that it can be hard for people to move in many cases, even nearby towns especially with the housing problems and other such things to keep them where they are. >> it is true. it's a paradox. the economic fortunes of american cities are diverging. and the difference between cities that droing well and cities that are struggling has never been larger. and yet mobility rates are very low today. and particularly low for low skill workers. workers with a high school degree or with worker who drop out from high school are the least mobile of all. and it is costing them tremendously in terms of earnings and higher unemployment rates. >> brown: interesting in the short term and thinking about the long term, enrico moretti and lisa lynch, thank you both very much. >> thank you. >> thank you, jeff. >> brown: and as always when the jobs nbers come out, "newshour" economics correspondent paul solman weighs in online with his own "solma
and it really comes down in large part to skill differences in the capacity of individuals to keep pace with this innovation. >> brown: and i assume, enrico moretti, that it can be hard for people to move in many cases, even nearby towns especially with the housing problems and other such things to keep them where they are. >> it is true. it's a paradox. the economic fortunes of american cities are diverging. and the difference between cities that droing well and cities that are...
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today police warned against large-scale demonstrations. and some japanese companies said they will temporarily shutter plants in china. new trade disputes are brewing between the u.s. and china. beijing today filed a complaint with the world trade organization. it challenges u.s. tariffs on imported chinese steel, tires, kitchen appliances and other goods. that came as the u.s. filed its own complaint against china's auto industry. the dual actions are the latest in a series of escalating trade fights between the u.s. and china. today marked the first anniversary of the occupy grassroots movement against economic inequality. organizers planned rallies and marches in more than 30 cities worldwide. several hundred activists gathered in manhattan's financial district, where the movement began. more than 100 people were arrested. but turnout was small compared with the thousands who took to the streets last year. is won't make the changes. it's small little things. we keep on coming out. we're not going anywhere. this is a movement. it's only
today police warned against large-scale demonstrations. and some japanese companies said they will temporarily shutter plants in china. new trade disputes are brewing between the u.s. and china. beijing today filed a complaint with the world trade organization. it challenges u.s. tariffs on imported chinese steel, tires, kitchen appliances and other goods. that came as the u.s. filed its own complaint against china's auto industry. the dual actions are the latest in a series of escalating trade...
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largely segregated. de'qonton believes midtown's problems have had a profound effect on many students growing up in the neighborhood. and two years ago, he noticed a trend of violence starting on social media web sites, and spreading to his classrooms here at john hopkins middle school. >> my sixth-grade year, we had 100 and something arrests. and most of the time, the fights with some gangs and stuff that happened at home from facebook and twitter and all that stuff from home, and they came into the school. we had police every day at the school, and i really didn't like that. >> suarez: what the violence did was spark an idea for de'qonton. he hoped to shine a light on the roots of the fighting and why it was happening at john hopkins. de'qonton led a team of his classmates in producing a video for the pbs newshour reporting labs, which showcase student journalism across the nation the end result was a striking six-and-half minute report titled "fighting chance," a deeply honest look at the problems ins
largely segregated. de'qonton believes midtown's problems have had a profound effect on many students growing up in the neighborhood. and two years ago, he noticed a trend of violence starting on social media web sites, and spreading to his classrooms here at john hopkins middle school. >> my sixth-grade year, we had 100 and something arrests. and most of the time, the fights with some gangs and stuff that happened at home from facebook and twitter and all that stuff from home, and they...
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they're a large tax payer. but not as many people work in the motor city actually build cars. it helps the region certainly as a whole but the city itself, given all of its financial problems, will not be certainty saved by the uptick in the auto industry. >> ifill: good weather doesn't hurt, does it? >> it's one of the interesting things. people don't want to buy cars when it's snowing and icy. you don't want to buy that brand new car and have a accident. or get salt on the roads. you try to get a few extra miles out of your old car until the winter, when we get through the winter. it's been an incredibly mild winter this year. as a result people are going to the dealership early and buying that car and saying, hey, maybe maybe there isn't going to be a full fledged winter. we don't know how much of the nice weather has pulled forward sales from later in the year. it has certainly had some impact. something to be cautious about. will these, you know, really strong sales in the first quarter, you know, continue through the rest of the year? we could see a little bit of a reduc
they're a large tax payer. but not as many people work in the motor city actually build cars. it helps the region certainly as a whole but the city itself, given all of its financial problems, will not be certainty saved by the uptick in the auto industry. >> ifill: good weather doesn't hurt, does it? >> it's one of the interesting things. people don't want to buy cars when it's snowing and icy. you don't want to buy that brand new car and have a accident. or get salt on the roads....